title: Utility of HTLV proviral load quantification in diagnosis of HTLV-1-associated myelopathy requires international standardization.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Laboratory of Public Health, Gonçalo Moniz Center, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil; Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health (EBMSP), Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Electronic address: grassi@bahia.fiocruz.br.
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda Rios
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Grassi
authors.forename: Viviana Nilla
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Olavarria
authors.forename: Ramon de Almeida
authors.initials: Rde A
authors.lastname: Kruschewsky
authors.forename: Yoshihisa
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamano
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Graham P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Fabiola
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Bernardo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Galvão-Castro
mesh_terms: D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D015493:Paraparesis, Tropical Spastic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000821:virology*; D011533:Proviruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D019562:Viral Load / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Cut-off value; Diagnosis; HAM/TSP; HTLV; HTLV-1; HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis; PBMC; PVL; Proviral load; human T-cell lymphotropic virus; peripheral blood mononuclear cells; proviral load